- City:
- Atlanta, GA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop the precursor to what is now Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, then known as Atlanta Municipal Airport or Candler Field, during the 1930s.
Source notes
Digital Library of Georgia: https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:guan_wpa_wpaga70Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2015.
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